Tissue-holder for manufacturing matrix-mats.



A. 1'. THI'BOD'EAUX.

TISSUE HOLDER FOR MANUFACTURING MATRIX MATS.

APPLICATJON FILED APR'. 9. 19m.

Patented July 16, 1918.

WITNESS ATTORNEY A. J. THIBODEAUX.

TISSUE HOLDER FOR MANUFACTURING MATRIX MATS.

WITNESS APP LICATION FILED APR- 9' l9ll.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

A TTOR/VEY Patented July 16; 1918.

ARTHUR J-L THIBDEAUX;, QE'CW Q QiQ ILEINQIS, AssIeNoR 0F ONE-sumac JOHN w.

i 0E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TISSUE-KEEPER" FOR MANUFACTURING MATRIX-MATS;

1,272,572. p a -d nt- Patented Julylfi', 1918;

ppfieeti n lee April t i dih116D*,8; '-.v

B ink-1 m tliatl, ARTHUR: J Time, lamped o confine aicii cla ping e s DEAUX, a citizen of the United Statfig, and being preferably associated with pinsfivhich reshlentof Chicago, in the county ofGool; pierce the front, edges ofthe sheets. tofhbld 5 and State: of- Illh-lQi-S, hmleinwented, cent-aim.v themipgcoperly assembled;

new and useful Imgrovements; in i su env ntion:aisoicontemplatesothen i Holde 's fol; Mannfa eti-ii'ing; Matnix Matse proy-ements in devices of this character and. Ldo he 'eby declare thatthe folloxxnng whichlooktoward the simplifyihgflnd conisafull, cleagand fexactvdescriptiontheneofi venience offthe deyice inuse and theinven-Q To-alljwho m it may comer n: front edges of a=-gro1 1p, of tissue sheets are 10 reference being, bad. to. the accompanying tionconsistsinthecolnbination andarrang drawings, andtoz the. characters, of, reference ment of the parts sho vni ithe-drawings and marked:thene;on,. which form a parteof this describedin'the,specifieation, and ispdinted specification. out in the appended. claims Thisainvention rel-ateslto unimprovedtise In the draWingsz- 15 sue,- sheet holdenfor use, in athe nanufactiii e Figm'e his aside elevation. of a tissue asfnm item; which matm ces ne made in en fiilg-t e quippedwith i ue. h de z whjcht lmolfd st r etyge .endttheplirp se m odying: my inventi n;

ofthezinxzentionistol g foizide a tissueholde Fi'g Q is, aplen. View thereof; or shelf having means to adjustably suppont F1g. 3, is anlenlarged side elevation ofth'e 20 the samegonja: su-pbrt with 'espectr tofthe tissue? holder she1f and supporting devices.

I table onvwhichthe ieetsofti,ss1ie,.peper'ane therefor.

assembled when rprodiicingthe, mat, the ad? Fig.4 i'szalcross. section on the line i-4 of justing meanspefmitting theshelffto be ad-Y Fig; 31.

justedq in one, 0'1; more Waystoi PfiOQQIlY' pop Fig, fiisa longitudinal section on the line sit 10h the sheetrwithi re p fih i im -5- of Fig,-

bling table, together;withlmeansfoi' locking As shown, in the drawings, 1 0, designates the .shelf 1" h ing: membei" in ad'j ustedthe a embling, table we; at a sempositions. blging ai ea on whiehlthetissuesheets are as- Ehe intention" also contemplates; an. ar sembl ed toprodiicethe mats, ll'designates 30 rangenient of @hGkSLllQPQEtjfiOI the-tissuehold-i the tissue-holding member or shelf that 35 at anydesi-red angl ingmemheig, or, shelf. suchgaswill enable the sustained reai: ofsaid imat. assembling area shelf toe-wing; omits? sup oort at its. front 011, a suitable ip-standing. support comprisend towar d; frorntheessembling, table, ing aliorizo talmemben12 anjdend; members; and to-n1eans-,-foi adj isteblyioeliiiig theshelf; lb i'which rest onitl'i e table 0K a part stations esnelativelywto the plane, arytlierewith. Thetissue holding. shelf 11 of-saidtable. The-said anglemestrictingi may be' made of'asingle piece of wood or means-may=a1so,be,const1:uctedso as toigive/ likema-terial the shelfsomefreedom of movement which The tissue supporting shelf is pivotally Will permit; the, front end: of-the; shelf to supported between its. ends on a horizontal 40 swing downwardly toward the'tablemndeE rod 0 1;'- shaft 15, which. extends transversely the pulling stress 0f.:a= sheet ofitissi e when across the rearend oftheassembling table,

7 d awn off the, shelf'on to; the assembling and" said shaft. is supported. at'its ends. 11

table, aiid'the, shelf maybe slightly oven calirying' members Iii/that extend between Weighted at. itssreercend, sozth'at when the andzthif oughc guide openings in, upturned 45 pulling.stressjis.releasedtlie. fiiQnh edgeoff ai ms l7', ,18jof brackets 19 that are attached 7 50 ee gr pping: 01" confining,meansetgthe nd 3 .2 ben down the shelfmay' antomatieally ise to. give to the member 12 of the upstanding supple clearancegspace betW-eenthc semehndthe: port, The direet. connection between said assembling table. '7 shelf 11;. andthe shaft 15' compr ses aper- The I invention; also contemplates novel. timed-sears 201that are attached to the shelf Wardly from the plane f ont edg of? thes eifi b tween; which the: the t fh shaf l 'is'h 1d ro e dwise with lugs 24 that are attached to and rise. from the carrying members 16. Said screws are. provided with any suitable form of hand; pieces 25. By. turning said screws 1 "equally in their bearings and, in the same direction, the said slidingciarrying members '16 are shifted endwise in their guides inthe upstanding arms 17 and 18 ina direction depending on the'direction'of the rotation of the adjusting screws, and said carrying memberscarry along with them the shaft 15 and the shelf supported thereby. These. devices enable the shelf to be adjusted toward and from the assembling table and locked in position.

bling table.

In addition to. said fore-and aft adjustment," means are provided for adj usting the shelf laterally with respect to said assem- The latter adjustment isfeffected inthe present instance by means of l the carrying members 16' and the inner end of the said adjusting screw has a swiveled an adjusting screw 28 which extends through nd is threaded in an aperture in one of connectionwith a downturned lug 29 attached to the adjacent edge of said shelf. A single' adjusting screwgis all that is re- 7 quired to effect such lateral adjustment of. e the leaf, the leaf being guidedin its lateral "movement .by the japertured lugs I 20 which engage thesupporting shaft 15. Q

Means are provided-for adjusting the anglejof the tissue supporting shelf with respect to the horizontal. 'Said' meansconsist, as herein shown of front and rear,.up-

right adjusting screws 30, "31, respectively,

which extend through andare threaded in.

apertures in a plate 32 that is fixed centrally of the device to the lower side of the supporting member 12,and said screws bear at their upper ends against wear plates 33, 34 applied tojthe lower face ofthe tissue supported shelf. By releasing one of theadjustin'g screws 30 and turning the other adjustin 'screw 31 toward the shelf, or vice tal-n ay be varied as desired.

versa, theangle of the'shelf to the horizon- If desiredv the rear endof the shelf may I beoverweightedwitlrrespect to that portion of the shelf in front of the pivot shaft 15 andthe adjusting screws 30, 31 may be soadjustedthatthe overweight 'ofthe' rear 7 drawn forwardly end of the shelf tends to hold the said shelf in a rearward and downwardly inclined position, and with the front edge thereof raised away from the "assembling .table. When thedevice is thusused the rear adjusting screw 31 will be-backed off from the shelf" to permitthe' rear end of'theshelf to drop downwardly beyond the horizontal when the-movement of. said shelf is otherw1se unrestrained.

At the front end of the shelf is provided clamping means forclamping the forward edge'to a group 'o'f sheets S supported on the shelf. The clamping means comprise upper and 'lower-clampingfbars 35,-36, re-- spectively, the latter lying on theiupper face I of the shelf at-the front edge thereof. 37,

37 designate-sharpened pins which'are anchored in and extend upwardly: from the front corners of the leaf andsaid pins eX- I tend through aperturesin the ends of the Y upper and lower clamping, bars, the upper bar being adapted to slide on said pins. The pins. are adapted to pierce thefront edge of the group of .sheets. Pressure means are provided, in association with the upper clamping bar tending to press the same toward'and againstthe bundle of sheets, and'said pressure means are adjust able to cause the-upper clamping bar to follow the decreasing thickness of thesheet grou from. I

Said ent instance clamping brackets '38; 38,, one

pressure means comprise. in the pres! as V the sheets are withdrawn thereat. each side off-the 'leaf5 having internal: ends 39 which fit over theends of the'upv per --c'lamp'in'g bar and are'aperturedlto receive the pins 37'. The brackets a'reformed at their lower ends" with. out-turned armsv 40 which are apertured-to' receive upright" posts ll, which may be made integral parts of thew-adjacent, pins 37, in the'mann'er' indicated in"Fig., 1.'- "Between said out-turned arms .40 andnuts -42 threaded to the ends of the posts 41 are interposed-suitable expansion springs43; Said, springs serve to *yieldingly force; the upper clamping bar 35 i against the group offsheetsjfand the screw 1' threaded nuts 42 enable the pressure ape plied to theupper clamping bar to be varied and to adjust the up er clamping bar to correspond with the thickness of the grou s 0f sheets confined thereby, I a

One use of th' device is indicatedinFigs, 1 and 2. Inmaking upamat, after the foundation'lay'er m thereof has been laid upon the assembling table andpas'te applied" to the upper face thereof, the uppermost" tissuesheet of the} group oftheshelf 11 is over the assembling.- table 7 in the manner indicatedin 1"- andthe forwardmost edge (is adhered 'to 'the mat foundation sheet m.' In this position the? sheetis connected to thesh'elf reason of the passage of the pins 37 through the edge of the sheet. A roller 45 by which the tissue sheet is laid smoothly and uniformly upon the pasted sheet mis then rolled rearwardly over the tissue sheet and applies or lays the tissue sheet on the foundation sheet, and the pulling tension effected by the rolling of the sheet tissue on the assembling mat eventually tears the applied sheet from the pins 37, whereby the tissue sheet may be applied to the foundation sheet throughout the entire length of the foundation sheet. If the tissue supporting shelf be delicately balanced by means normally tending to rearwardly overbalance the same, the tension pull exerted on the forward end of the shelf when the tissue sheet is thus applied will serve to swing the forward end of the shelf 1 downwardly and after the sheet has been parted therefrom the overweight of the rear end of the leaf will swing the forward end of the shelf upwardly.

It is to be understood that the structural details of the invention may be varied within the spirit and scope of the invention, and

the invention, therefore, is not limited to such detail except as to claims wherein the same are specifically set forth, and are imposed by the prior art.

7 Iclaim as my invention 1. The combination with a stationary table having a mat assembling area, of a tissue supporting device comprising a shelf located in rear of and above the level of the table to receive and support a group of tissue sheets, tissue sheet retaining means at one margin of the shelf, a support for said shelf and means for adjusting said shelf on said support relatively to said assembling area.

2. The combination with a table having a fixed mat assembling area, of a tissue supporting device comprising a shelf located. in rear, and above the level, of said area to receive and support a group of tissue sheets, a support for said shelf and separate means to effect lateral and fore-and-aft adjustments of the shelf relatively to said assembling area and to lock it in adjusted positions. 7

3. The combination with a fixed table having a mat assembling area, of a tissue supporting device comprising a fixed support, a shelf above the level of the table and in rear of said assembling area to receive and support a group of tissue sheets, and provided with sheet retaining means, and means to hinge said shaft to said support to permit it to swing toward and from said assembling area.

t. The combination with a mat supporting table, of a tissue supporting device comprising a fixed support and a shelf above the level, and at the rear, of the table to receive and support a group of tissue sheets and having meansto hinge it to said sup port to swing toward and from the-table, with means to adjustably lock the shelf in different angles relatively to the horizontal plane of the table.

5. The combination with an assembling table, of a tissue supporting device comprising a fixed support, a shelf above the level, and at the rear, of the table, adapted to receive and support a group of tissue sheets, a shaft extending across said support to which said leaf is hinged to swing vertically and means to adjust the shelf longitudinally of said shaft and to lock it in adjusted positions.

6. The combination with an assembling table, of a tissue supporting devicecomprising a fixed support, a shelf above the level, and at the rear, of the table, adapted to receive and support a group of tissue sheets, a shaft extending across said support to which said leaf is hinged to swing relatively and means to adjust the shelf longitudinally of said shaft, with other means to adjust said shaft toward and from the assembling table. 7

7. In combination, a mat supporting table, a tissue supporting shelf above and in rear of the assembling area of said table with means at the forward edge of the shelf to retain a group of tissue sheets which are sup ported on the shelf and over which the sheets are severally turned to transfer them to said assembling area, and means to adjust said shelf relatively to said table.

8. In combination, a mat supporting table, a tissue supporting shelf above and in rear of the assembling area of said table with means at the forward edge of the shelf to retain a group of tissue sheets which are supported on the shelf and over which the sheets are severally turned to transfer them to said assembling area, and separate means to independently adjust said table both vertically and laterally relatively to said sup port.

9. In combination, a mat supporting table, a tissue supporting shelf above and in rear of the assembling area of the table, with means at the forward edge of the shelf to retain a group of tissue sheets, and pivot means for supporting said shelf, constructed to permit the forward end of the shelf to rise and fall relatively to the mat assembling area of the table.

10. In combination, a mat supporting table, a tissue supporting shelf above and in rear of the assembling area of the table, with means at the forward edge of the shelf to retain a group of tissue sheets, and pivot means for supporting said shelf, constructed to permit the forward end of the shelf to rise and fall relatively tothe mat assembling area of the table, with means to control the pivoting movements of said table.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 11. A tissue supporting ClGVlCQCOIDPIlS- ing fixed supports, a shelf toreceive and support a group of sheets, a shaft extending across the supports to Whichthe shelf is pivoted, members slidable on said supports in which the said shaft is sustained, and means'for adjusting said members forwardly and rearwardly and for locking them in adjusted positions.

12. A tissue supporting device comprising fixed supports, a shelf to receive and support a group of sheets, a shaft-extending across the supports to which the shelf is pivoted, members slidable on said supports in Which the said shaft is sustained, and adj ustablenieans acting on the shelf to shift said shelf endvvise of said shaft and laterally with respect to the supports.

13. In a tissue supporting device a shelf provided at its forward edge -With upper and lower clamping bars, pins extending through apertures in said bars and adapted to pierce a group of sheets confined between the bars and adjustable and yielding nie'ans V to press said bars together.

14. In a tissue supporting device, a shelf provided at its forward edge with upper and lower clamping bars, pins extending through apertures in said bars and adaptedto pierce a group of sheets confined between the bars, clamping brackets applied over the upper clamping bar, posts attached to the shelf with which said brackets have sliding en gagenient, nuts threaded to saidposts and springs interposed between said ,nuts and brackets. V

In Witnessvvhereof I claim the foregoing as my invention, I hereunto append my nature, in the presence oftvvo Witnesses, at Chicago, Illinois, this 31st day of March, 1917.

ARTHUR J; THIBODEAUX. V

Witnesses: V W. L. HALL, Gr. A. SOUTHWELL.

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